Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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March 21st, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Fox News Chief Roger Ailes, never seems to tire of flinging vile and inaccurate accusations at others, and this week is no exception. According to his new biography, Ailes alleges that President Obama is “lazy.” Mediaite.com quotes Ailes as saying that Obama “never worked a day in his life” and “never earned a penny that wasn’t public money.” He chided the president for playing golf and...
March 20th, 2013
Written by Colleen Long - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officials were not concerned with whether patrol officers were saving lives or helping people under a policy that required them to detain and sometimes search anyone they deemed suspicious. They were focused on one thing: numbers, according to a New York City police officer testifying in a federal challenge to some street stops.
Adhyl Polanco said his superiors told him...
March 19th, 2013
Written by Erica Werner in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that illegal immigrants should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a chance to become citizens, a significant step for the Tea Party favorite amid growing Republican acceptance of the idea.
"Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport" the millions already here, the potential 2016 presidential...
March 18th, 2013
Written by Jenny Barchfield - Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Many Brazilians cast their country as a racial democracy where people of different groups have long intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But you need only turn on the TV, open the newspaper, or stroll down the street to see clear evidence of segregation.
In Brazil, whites are at the top of the social pyramid, dominating professions of wealth, prestige,...
March 17th, 2013
Written by Mark Sherman - Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - With their Ivy League pedigrees and East Coast addresses, Supreme Court justices are often rightly described as unrepresentative of the nation. But in one area, the justices look a lot like the rest of America.
Members of the court have firsthand experience with divorce and adoption, as well as making it alone without ever getting married. Just five of the nine justices have...
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